"take serious" meaning in All languages combined

See take serious on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: takes serious [present, singular, third-person], taking serious [participle, present], took serious [past], taken serious [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> serious}} take serious (third-person singular simple present takes serious, present participle taking serious, simple past took serious, past participle taken serious)
  1. (informal, colloquial) Alternative form of take seriously Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, informal Alternative form of: take seriously
    Sense id: en-take_serious-en-verb-6x0QGWcd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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